The race, in three figures
The race, in words
José María González Valentín finished 242nd of 299 men in the Open division at Bilbao 2023, in 1:31:38.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Bilbao gave the field time back: about 1:14 faster than the average race this season, by 181 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:41Running 1 4:29v median +0:17
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 4:51v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 5:07v median +0:11
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:23v median +0:18
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Block 06 8:24Running 6 5:23v median +0:25
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Block 07 13:12Running 7 5:27v median +0:36
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Block 08 14:29Running 8 5:46v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 294
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 294 men who finished.